George Stratton wore inverted lenses to his face for over a week in order to prove that the brain adapts to new situations.

The American psychologist, George Stratton studied sensory perception during the 1890s. He was certain that the brain would correct imbalance and turn everything right side up.

He decided to try the theory himself.

He started living in an upside-down world and by the fourth day, was sick and disoriented. His vision however remained inverted. By day five, the images started turning right-side up and by day eight navigation of the upside-down world became easy to him. When he finally removed the glasses, the right-side up spun around him, and he couldn’t tell right from left till his brain adjusted again. He therefore concluded that the mind can adjust senses to meet environmental pressures.

The upside-down world is therefore not so confusing.

This serves as a big lesson to a great majority of us that refuse to embark on a promising project, just because of the fear of the unknown. We should know it now that, even without our knowing it, our minds can adapt to whole new situations.